Rationale for decision to alter speed limits on A6, Darley Dale (Darley Road North) and date at which current limits came into force

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Dear Derbyshire County Council,

Please provide me the following information:

All documents relating to the decision to alter the speed limits in force on Darley Road North from 40mph to 30mph. Specifically to include:
The rationale for the decision (e.g. historical statistics relating to road traffic accidents)
The date at which the 30mph speed limit came into force

Yours faithfully,

John Morris

Contact Centre (Chief Executives), Derbyshire County Council

Dear Mr Morris

Thank you for contacting Derbyshire County Council. I have forwarded your
email to our Freedom of Information team for reply.

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Vanessa

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Raju,Aneeta (Corporate Resources), Derbyshire County Council

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your below enquiry received by us on the 23rd August 2010.

We will be dealing with your request under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

In accordance with the above, the deadline replying to you is 20 working
days from receipt of your request, this being the 21st September 2010.
However we will endeavour to deal with your request promptly and, if
possible, before this date.

If you do not wish us to deal with your request under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 or have any questions or comments,
please contact me on telephone number 01629 538337.

Kind regards

Aneeta Raju
FOI Legal Assistant
For J McElvaney, Director of Legal Services
Derbyshire County Council.
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Frost,Tracey (Environmental Services), Derbyshire County Council

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Dear Mr Morris

In response to your request for information regarding the `speed limit' on
Darley Road North, which as been dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, you asked

Please provide me the following information:

All documents relating to the decision to alter the speed limits in
force on Darley Road North from 40mph to 30mph.

Specifically to include:

The rationale for the decision (e.g. historical statistics relating
to road traffic accidents)

The date at which the 30mph speed limit came into force

Any changes made to the speed limits in Derbyshire were in accordance with
the criteria set out in the Government guidance `Setting Local Speed
Limits' which was required to be implemented by 2011, in regards to this
particular speed limit review, no objections were raised, which meant no
file was created, therefore there is no written documentation held by
Derbyshire County Council regarding this particular decision.

The only information held is a Cabco report concerning this matter which
was considered on the 31^st January 2008, please see item 4 on the
attached link

[1]http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/council/mee...

I have attached a copy of the 2009 Casualty Report for your information
which gives the general casualty figures for Derbyshire, but for more
detailed accident data you will need to contact:-

The Performance Delivery Team,

Derbyshire Constabulary,

Butterley Hall,

Ripley,

Derbyshire, DE5 3RS.

The Order regarding this speed limit came into effect on the 19^th March
2009, I have attached a copy for your information.

Please note that most of the information that we provide in response to
requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 will be subject to copyright protection. In
most cases this copyright will be owned by Derbyshire County
Council. Where Derbyshire County Council is the copyright holder of any
information that may be released, re-use for personal, educational or
non-commercial purposes is permitted without further reference to
the Council. Where the re-use is for other purposes, such as commercial
re-use, the applicant should contact the Council or the actual copyright
owner in writing in order to seek approval or agree terms for its re-use.

I hope this now deals with your request for information. However should
you wish the outcome to be reviewed, please follow the procedure as set
out below:-

Stage 1:

In the first instance, please send in your comments, and wherever
possible, a copy of your request and the covering letter enclosing the
information or refusing your request to:

Jenny Barnes

The Information Manager

County Secretary's Department

Derbyshire County Council

County Hall

Matlock

DE4 3AG

Email: [2][email address]

Stage 2:

If after a review you still remain dissatisfied with any decision taken,
then you can ask for a further review by writing to:

[3][email address]

Mr John McElvaney

Director of Legal Services

Derbyshire County Council

County Hall

Matlock

DE4 3AG.

Please ensure that correspondence is marked as "Request for a review of my
Freedom of Information Act request", and bears any case references you
have been given.

Stage 3:

After completing the above procedure, if you wish to challenge the
decision further, then you have a right to contact the Information
Commissioner's Office as follows:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel. 0303 123 1113/ Fax: 01625 524510

ICO Weblink: [4]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx

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get in contact.

Yours sincerely

Tracey Frost

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DCC has a blanket response to all speed limits. Any objections are cast aside but no realistic points are provided. The case of the petition for speed hump removal was turned down when "the officer" recommended to Cabinet that speed was the cause of most RTAs and no other reason(s) given but in fact this is incorrect information and I am pursuing this matter with the Council and if no satisfactory outcome is received then I shall contact the ombudsman on this and other related matters.